Ideas to Protect National Safety Gathered in One Place... Exhibition of Award-Winning Works from the 'National Safety Invention Challenge'

Daesang Award: Leecheon Fire Station Fire Lieutenant Jeong Hee-su 'Rechargeable Anesthetic Gun Projectile'
Gold Prize: Chungnam Provincial Police Agency Sergeant Kim Tae-hoon & Donghae Regional Maritime Police Agency Sergeant Kim Won-gyu

Screenshot of the '2021 National Safety Invention Challenge' homepage.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] The National Police Agency, together with the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the National Fire Agency, the Korea Coast Guard, and the offices of National Assembly members Kim Min-cheol, Kim Seung-nam, Yoon Jae-gap, Lee Cheol-gyu, Hong Jeong-min, and Oh Young-hwan, hosted the '4th 2021 National Safety Invention Challenge' award-winning exhibition at 10 a.m. on the 6th at the National Assembly Members' Office Building. The event was organized by the Korea Invention Promotion Association.

Now in its fourth year, the 'National Safety Invention Challenge' was held to promote the development and utilization of technologies necessary to protect the safety of citizens at crime, disaster, and accident scenes. Officials from the National Police Agency, National Fire Agency, and Korea Coast Guard submitted a total of 926 ideas, and 24 ideas with high potential for field application and commercialization were ultimately honored with awards. The National Police Agency proposed a record-high 459 ideas among participating institutions.

The Grand Prize (Speaker of the National Assembly Award) was awarded to Fire Lieutenant Jeong Hee-su of the Icheon Fire Station for the 'Rechargeable Anesthetic Gun Projectile.' The core innovation is the use of compressed gas to overcome the drawbacks of the existing gunpowder-type anesthetic liquid projectile. Additionally, the Gold Prize (Minister of the Interior and Safety Award) was jointly awarded to Sergeant Kim Tae-hoon of the Chungnam Police Agency for the 'One-touch Multifunctional Safety Sign' and Sergeant Kim Won-gyu of the Donghae Regional Coast Guard for the 'Underwater Rescue Helmet.'

The award-winning inventions will be supported to secure final intellectual property rights and will be transferred to private companies to enable widespread use.

The National Police Agency stated, "Since these ideas were directly discovered and proposed by police, fire, and coast guard officials who are responsible for citizens' safety on the front lines of crime and disaster scenes, their applicability is expected to be high," and added, "We will spare no effort to actively support the prompt application of these ideas in the field to help ensure public safety."

The award-winning works can be viewed year-round through the 'National Safety Invention Challenge' online exhibition website.

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